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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1909)
ritr FITL Eir.v .yiri lBblIhec DmIJj Lxteyt bund.. iOKU IL UEKLY. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. I'alttJ Treti Telegraph Venice. SUBSCRIPTION RATS: Daily, single copy 5c Daily, per month.. 6Zc Daily, six month Is advance... .$3.50 Daily, one year La advance.. ....$6.50 Weekly, six months is advance. . . 7Zc Weekly, one year in advance..... f 1.00 Enured at the postofTite at La Grande as second-class matter. This paper will not publish any article appearing over a nom de Illume. Signed articles will be re ceived subject to the discretion of the citor.' Please sign your articles and aave tflsappoiatment. ' 14YfrtflB; Kates. Display ad. rates furnished upon ap fUcation. Local reading notices 19c per line ftnt Insertion; Sc per line for each subsequent Insertion. Resolution of condolence, c a line. Cards of thanks, 8c a line. TAfT ABHORS HEW PLAYS WASHINGTON, May 27. Taft last night expressed forcibly his disap proval of the trend of a certain brancn of this year's theatrical product He attended the performance o tl. "The Revillers" which depicts the ten derloin in New York and Includes a presentation of the "White Lifrht" life muscle dance performed by cue of Evelyn Thaw's former chums. The president who bad been in a box, departed in disgust at the end of in? first act Hum ia the word In administration circles. .We would hardly know we bad a cabinet, or president these days. Newspaper correspondents have to worn fiard tor front page stories. It Is quite a change from what it used to be. We will await results, but we are Inclined to believe that after sev en years wherein the public was con (antly kept in touch with practically every detail of public life, that the jieople may demand a continuation of the former method. It makes the peo ple feel that' they Individually form a part of the government. This s the last day of school and there is general rejoicing. The pant year has been a mout successful oat; from every standpoint. The attend-1 ance has been all that could be ex pected and the general school spirit baa been one of progress. 1 . . 't-tr-f ; ' There was general rejoicing anions the ladies who are growing prize in ters for the Aster show this fall, when the gentle warm rain set lu last night. Of course the .farmers enjoyed it too. .-ft '- Already there is considerable en thusiasm over the proposed railroad excursion into Wallowa county. The railroad company is preparlm; equipment to carry 1000 people and (his may have to be increasd. ; ,' Several growers near the city are expecting to cut their first crop of alfalfa earlier this seasou than com mon. The prevailing high prices have something to do with It. ,, ; -H-- 1 Ashland, which has always enjoyed ne of the finest natural parks In the state has recently purchased! another 40 acre tract for park purposes. . , .- : -, Those lawn uiowei-s who are on tneters, also rejoiced at last night's win. 1 V 1 ''!'' tV:'' ' Exhibit to Seattle. SALEM. May 27. The exhibit Of the state educational department foi the Seattle exposition, was shipped to day. It consists of two cabinets con taining Illustrations of the growth of educational work In Oregon. ' suxxoxs. In the Justice Court for the La Grande Justice of the Peace and Constable District, Union County. Oregon. City of La Grande, Plaintiff, vs. E. E. Ralston and O. Ralston, part ners as, Ralston & Co. To E. E. Ralston and O. Ralston part ners as, RalBton & Co., the above named defendants: . In the name of the State of Ore gon, you are hereby required to ap pear in the above entitled Court and action on or before the 28th day of May, 1909, the same being full six weeks after the first publication of this Summons, and If you fail to ap pear and answer the plaintiff will take Judgment against you In the sum of $19.00 and costs and disburse ments herein. The said sum of $19.00 being the amount due the plaintiff. , ' This Summons Is published by or der of the Hon. A, Stewart. Justice of the Peace for the Ia Grande Dis trict In the above entitled Court, made and entered on the 15th day of April, 1909. which order directs that said Summons shall be published not less than once a week for the full pe riod of six weeks In the La Grande Evening Observer. The first publi cation here of Is made on the l&th day of April, 1909. A. STEWART. Justice of the Peace La Grande Dlst , D-4-15-22-29-5-6-13-20-27 STRAYED OR STOLEN Black: poney "Billy" branded V on left hip, and H on right shoulder, white hind foot. Was last seen near Elchen berger place on Ladd Hill about March 25. Information received and rewarded. HIT OA ANTHONY. THE SCENIC PANTAGES CIRCUIT, La Grande's Foremost Vaude ville Theatre. Depot Street. . - ' S. A. GARDINER, Manager. Week beginning May 17. Miss Mabel Johnston, lady ven- X , trlloquist. 'I (AmlcK & Marea, singing, dan dug, talking and music". ' I I Matinee, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Adults, matinee: 10c; children, under 12 years. fie. Evening prices. 10 and 15c. Neil, Oh hit of Shirt. IX)S ANGELES. May 27. All efforts in the hunt for the murderer of little Annie Poltera today centered In seek ing the owner of the blood-stained shirt, discovered yesterday in the west bank of the Los Angeles river1, near Ivan hoe. Merchants! Save j $t0,000 (ASE ARGUED One-Third of Your Life Is spent in bed .What did you pay for the mattress? In bed we laugh, in bed we cry; And born in bed, in bed we die; The near approach a bed may show Of human bliss or hun an woe. ' Do you recognize the importance of the mattress? Do you select it with the same care you do the other comforts of home? Have you ever stopped to consider that in this age of advancement it has recieved little attention little improvement was made until the re nowned Sealy Mattress was invented? This marked the. entry of a new era in mattress making. . . The Sealy Mattress is different! Features that stand out in bold contrast: First successful and only Non-Tuffed Mattress; First mattress made along tcientific lines, Constructed of one single bat of long staple cotton, Without Tuft or Binding. See this won derful mattress now on exhibition at our Rtore. The success of ihe century. Let us explain its merits. W. H. BOHWENKAIvlP Co. 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FITZGERALD, Proprietor ' Complete Machine Shops and Foundry tmMiHMm SEASON OPENED AT SELDER'S i Much of the afternoon at motion .day lit'Toif the circuit court was ta kon ii! with arguments on a motion for judgment on the idwullnss In th ti8 of Hill vorsut ItrlKsa, thu MrCo,' creek water rlftht;- ense. Attoriieyj Cm w ford and Baker ai'iirel for h plaintiff and Ivanhoe and liodslns for J the deferi'daut. Th caae la ' on 'if the KU suits Mated 1" occupy con siderable time In tho coinitin term. ini907 the Merchants of Oregon saved over )IV,VVU oy ctrrrymy a yau of their Insurance in their own company, the Oregon Merchants Mutual Fire As surance Association, of Dayton, Oregon. In 1908 they will save $15,000. During the same period their neighbors were hand no over $1,500,000 in profits to outside companies In the Oregon Merchants Mutual you get: INSURANCE AT COST A LIMIT TO YOUR LIABIL ITIES PFCMPTStmWENTCF LOSSES I. W. OUVzR, Agent ICECREAM and SOFT DRINKS HOUSEKEEPERS ATTENTION!! Do You Know Thot the ELECTRIC IRON Furnishes the GHEAPEST and BEST Method of Doing Domestic Ironing ? The Heat is Where You Need It Vou Owe it to YOURS ELFE Five Days Free Trial. GRANDE RONDE ELECTRIC CO. hMH N. K. WEST, Pres. T. I. SCROGGIN, Cash Wm. MILLER, Vice Pres. H. E. C00UD6E, Asst. Cash ADDIN NEW ACCOUNTS We are constantly adding new accounts and our business is increasing at a very satisfact ory rate. Probably you might; be glad and join us. , The United States National Bank f Of La Grande N. K. West E. P. Staples C: T. Bacon DIRECTORS Wrr. Miller If, F. Coolidge T. I. Scroggin J. L Cavines Frank Conley A. T. Hill T : i :2ZX3 cssizsoassamsE;